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BLANCO v. CARIGULF LINES

No. 80-7427. Summary Calendar.

632 F.2d 656 (1980)

Manuel BLANCO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CARIGULF LINES, a division of Carigulf Ltd., a corporation; John Doe I, etc., and the M/V CARIGULF EXPRESS, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit B

December 12, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Diamond, Lattof, Gardner, Pate & Peters, Mitchell G. Lattof, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for plaintiff-appellant.

Joe E. Basenberg, Joseph M. Allen, Jr., Mobile, Ala., for defendants-appellees.

Before HILL, FAY and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:

Plaintiff, a Honduran seaman, brought suit against a Panamanian flag vessel and corporate and individual defendants, with unknown citizenship, for injuries received aboard the vessel in the waters off Belize, British Honduras. The district court dismissed for lack of jurisdiction. Based upon procedural error, we reverse.

The question presented is whether the district court's dismissal for lack of jurisdiction...

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